Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 193
मदीया प्रकृतिस्त्वेषा तां कथं त्यक्तुमुत्सहे । त्वयाहं ब्रह्मणा देवैर्वरकर्मणि योजितः
madīyā prakṛtistveṣā tāṃ kathaṃ tyaktumutsahe | tvayāhaṃ brahmaṇā devairvarakarmaṇi yojitaḥ
“یہ میری اپنی فطرت ہے—میں اسے چھوڑنے کی ہمت کیسے کروں؟ تم نے، برہما نے اور دیوتاؤں نے مجھے ور دینے کے کام پر مقرر کیا ہے۔”
Rudra (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra and the devas (implied)
Scene: Śiva explains that boon-bestowal is his very nature and that Brahmā and the gods have appointed him to this function; devas appear as witnesses to a cosmic assignment.
FAQs
Each divine function operates according to svabhāva (intrinsic nature); Śiva’s boon-giving is framed as an ordained cosmic role, not mere preference.
The verse is part of the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya narrative in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None explicitly; it explains the theological basis of varadāna (granting boons).